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Kapalmerella Allmon, 2005 †
1468210 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1468210)
accepted
Genus
Turritella mortoni Conrad, 1830 † accepted as Kapalmerella mortoni (Conrad, 1830) † (type by original designation)
Palmerella Allmon, 1996 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (Junior primary homonym of...)
Junior primary homonym of Palmerella Cameron, 1908 (Insecta). Replaced by Kapalmerella Allmon, 2005.
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Allmon, W. D. (2005). <i>Kapalmerella</i>, a new name for the genus <i>Palmerella</i> Allmon, 1996 (Gastropoda: Turritellidae) preoccupied by <i>Palmerella</i> Cameron, 1908 (Insecta: Hymenoptera). <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> Volume 79(6), pp. 1234, 2005.
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Etymology Named for the American malacologist/paleontologist, Katherine Evangeline Hilton van Winkle Palmer (1895-1982).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist/paleontologist, Katherine Evangeline Hilton van Winkle Palmer (1895-1982). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kapalmerella Allmon, 2005. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1468210 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Allmon, W. D. (2005). <i>Kapalmerella</i>, a new name for the genus <i>Palmerella</i> Allmon, 1996 (Gastropoda: Turritellidae) preoccupied by <i>Palmerella</i> Cameron, 1908 (Insecta: Hymenoptera). <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> Volume 79(6), pp. 1234, 2005.
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original description (of Palmerella Allmon, 1996 †) Allmon, W. D. (1996). Systematics and Evolution of Cenozoic American Turritellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) I: Paleocene and Eocene Coastal Plain Species Related to "<i> Turritella mortoni </i> Conrad" and "<i>Turritella humerosa</i> Conrad". <em>Palaeontographica Americana.</em> Number 59, pp. 134, 14 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28875151#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 56, pl. S138 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 1234. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Palmerella Allmon, 1996 †) Allmon, W. D. (1996). Systematics and Evolution of Cenozoic American Turritellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) I: Paleocene and Eocene Coastal Plain Species Related to "<i> Turritella mortoni </i> Conrad" and "<i>Turritella humerosa</i> Conrad". <em>Palaeontographica Americana.</em> Number 59, pp. 134, 14 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28875151#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 56, pl. S138 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Named for the American malacologist/paleontologist, Katherine Evangeline Hilton van Winkle Palmer (1895-1982). [details]
